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A form of Ayurvedic medicine that involves massage of the body with warm oil.
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(alternative medicine) A specific point on the body where acupuncture or acupressure is applied.
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(countable) An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique.
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The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body, especially for purposes of pain relief.
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The use of friction or rubbing as therapy, a form of massage
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A form of traditional Japanese massage.
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(medicine) The subcutaneous injection of water, once thought to relieve pain.
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A form of massage in which the practitioner uses their feet to deliver treatment.
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The practice of massaging oneself.
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A type of complementary and alternative treatment that uses massage therapy for human infants.
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A massage given by a blind masseur.
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(massage) The practice of wrapping the recipient of a massage in something resembling cellophane as a beauty treatment.
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A service offered that includes an erotic massage and may also include prostitution.
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(transitive, intransitive) To inject Botox.
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A form of bodywork in alternative medicine, involving gentle rolling motions along the muscles, tendons, and fascia.
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Bowen technique (bodywork technique)
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An alternative therapy involving the use of breathing exercises as a treatment for asthma and other conditions.
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A form of Indian head massage, supposed to release pent-up negative energies.
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massage as a form of therapy
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A type of hammer used in some forms of massage
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The removal of a catheter
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(informal) A defibrillation.
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(medicine, archaic) The process of cupping (drawing blood by partial vacuum) without previous scarification.
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(acupuncture) A small ball kept in position in the ear and pressed when needed to relieve stress.
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(massage) A form of massage involving smooth strokes of the skin with one's hands.
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A form of traditional medicine in which a cup of heated air is placed against the skin.
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A cylinder with a bumpy surface, rolled back and forth under the foot as a form of therapeutic massage.
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A form of massage involving kneading and pressure against the muscles.
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(medicine, obsolete, countable) Massage of the body to restore circulation.
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A treatment used in traditional Chinese medicine involving repeated pressured strokes over the skin with a hard object thereby breaking surface capillaries and leaving light bruising, claimed to release unhealthy bodily matter.
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A cream, gel, etc. intended to relieve the pain of fibrositis, lumbago, or muscular aches and strains, by producing a feeling of warmth within the muscle of the area where it is applied.
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A form of bodywork based on Rolfing and consisting of massage, movement techniques, and body/mind awareness.
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A traditional healing practice, involving chiropractic manipulation and massage.
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(transitive) To massage in this way.
adj
Relating to imbibition.
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A type of complementary and alternative treatment that uses massage therapy for human infants.
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A tantric massage mainly focusing on the male genitalia.
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(Hawaii, rare) To massage.
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A form of therapeutic massage intended to relieve muscular tension.
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In massage, a kneading technique, particularly used for softening muscle in spasm.
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A vibrating hand-held device for massaging the muscles of the body.
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A table used by massage therapists to position the client to receive a massage.
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The therapeutic use of massage.
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The act of giving a massage.
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By means of massage; so as to produce a massaging effect.
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(US) masseur or masseuse
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An instrument used in the performance of massage.
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(nonstandard) A masseur; a man who performs massage.
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A kind of spa, or health club, that offers therapeutic treatments.
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Synonym of cupping (the East Asian practise of forming a vacuum underneath a cup that will break the surface capillaries of the skin under the cup, to treat ailments or increase blood flow to the area)
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A soft tissue therapy that attempts to treat skeletal muscle immobility and pain by stretching the fascia.
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(medicine) The act of feeling or pushing on various parts of a patient’s body to determine medical condition such as the normality of organs or the presence or absence of tumors, swelling, muscle tension, etc.
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(massage) A form of massage involving kneading or wringing the skin with one's fingers, knuckles and thumbs.
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(therapy) A specific small area of the body, on an energy line, sensitive to and suitable for therapeutic pressure.
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A traditional mud spa treatment of Middle Eastern origin.
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(medicine) To massage again.
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(transitive) To apply the Rolfing massage technique to.
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A form of deep tissue massage.
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One who practises massage.
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A quick, energetic massage.
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A back-and-forth sawing movement of the hand in massage.
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A form of massage, using the thumbs and palms, employed as therapy.
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Alternative form of shiatsu [A form of massage, using the thumbs and palms, employed as therapy.]
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A form of acupuncture using sound instead of needles.
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A form of massage using cold or water-heated stones to apply pressure and heat to the body.
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A popular style of massage involving effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, friction, and vibration/shaking as the basic strokes.
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(medicine, obsolete) Causing tabes.
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(massage) A form of massage involving hitting the body with various parts of one's hand.
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A hyperirritable spot in the skeletal muscle; a point in tender muscle that tends to elicit pain upon pressure or touch. ᵂᵖ
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(traditional Chinese medicine) One of the twelve main meridians in the body, which can be treated with acupuncture, moxibustion, or cupping.
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A pressure point in the traditions of shiatsu, acupressure, and acupuncture.
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A traditional Malay massage which involves soft-tissue manipulation of the whole body to alleviate different types of conditions and ailments.
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A form of body massage performed on a subject lying in warm water.
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